Does life get any better? You spent all day today shopping all over Italy…anywhere you wanted to go! You were supposed to take your best friend in Italy along, but for some reason she never showed up. However, you can’t be late! You’ll just pick her up an Italian couture blouse and she will never mention it again! Well, at least you thought so! You must have lost cell phone coverage at some point today…you have seven voicemails from your Italian friend! She says she has looked all over Italy for you and asks in Italian why you didn’t wait for her! You explain very quickly in Italian, “while you were looking for her, you saw a sale on an Italian sweater she has wanted.” So as any friend would, you stopped and bought it. Then, you explain in Italian, “while you were searching the streets for her, you found an exquisite pair of Italian earrings.” So, you bought those for her as well. Twenty minutes later, “while your extravagant web of lies has cost you almost all the expensive Italian trinkets you found shopping without your friend today, you saved a priceless friendship.” Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Newbie lesson will teach you how to combine the Italian passato prossimo and imperfetto tenses to convey past occurrences in formal narrations. Then we will discuss someone whom some believe to be the last great emperor of the Roman Empire-Marcus Aurelius. Visit us at ItalianPod101 where you will find other great Italian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a comment while you are there!

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Anna just came back home after a Saturday evening watching a soccer match with Peter and she is having a conversation about Peter with Elena. Anna jokingly asked about Peter’s brother again, and he didn’t seem too pleased about it.

Boys are always a topic of conversation when tra ragazze…

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Don’t you hate having a missed call and not knowing what it was for?
Well Giulia is in the same situation!

Today we’re going to discuss about the differences in the usage of imperfetto and passato prossimo tenses.
Since this is a rather difficult topic we are going to see it in other lessons as well.

Please check the Newbie series for the complete explanation of the conjugation.

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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! If you love spending time outdoors, Italy is the place for you. From their outdoor concerts to the Italian fiere (”trade fairs”), almost everyone can find something they enjoy while outdoors in Italy. However, if you really love to find great deals when you are shopping, you won’t want to miss the Italian fiere! I went to the Fiera di Sant’Orso in Aosta with some friends last weekend. I found some amazing deals on things I have been looking all over Italy for! Now…how do I say, “I was very lucky” in Italian?

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Newbie lesson will look at the passato prossimo tense of the irregular Italian verbs essere (”to be”) and avere (”to have”). You will also learn how to say “I was lucky” in Italian. Finally, you’ll learn all about the history of the two types of Italian fiere. Visit us at ItalianPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Italian lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Your teenage daughter enjoyed her first week of her new Italian school. However, this week is starting out much differently! She bursts through the front door after school with tears pouring down her face! She tells you that she got into trouble today at school for missing school last week! She said the Italian teacher wanted to know why she missed school last week. Your daughter tried to explain to her teacher in Italian that she was there every day last week, but the Italian woman insisted that she wasn’t and then grew angry because your daughter argued with her. You are very confused and your daughter is very upset. You will get to the bottom of this first thing tomorrow morning!

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! In this Italian lesson, you will learn how to discuss finished actions and events using the passato prossimo (present perfect) tense of Italian verbs. We will discuss how to form both the regular and irregular forms of these Italian verbs. Finally, we will discuss how Italians spend their weekends…including some interesting Italian school hours. Don’t forget to visit ItalianPod101 to pick up other great Italian learning materials. Leave us a comment while you are there!

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